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A list of mass killings in the United States this year 11/08/2024 06:09pm • The latest mass killing in the U.S. emerged Thursday when police investigating the deaths of a woman and her son in Duluth, Minnesota, discovered another woman and boy dead at a different home along with the man police suspected. It is the country’s 33nd mass killing this year, according to a data NASCAR defends drivers in Cup Series title race, officiating and playoffs as final weekend arrives 11/08/2024 05:26pm • AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — NASCAR President Steve Phelps defended the four drivers racing for the Cup Series championship this weekend — even though others had better statistics than the finalists — as well as the playoff system itself in Friday’s annual State of the Sport address. Reigning cha US agency says Tesla's public statements imply that its vehicles can drive themselves. They can't 11/08/2024 05:21pm • DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government's highway safety agency says Tesla is telling drivers in public statements that its vehicles can drive themselves, conflicting with owners manuals and briefings with the agency saying the electric vehicles need human supervision. The National Highway Traffic Safe 1 killed and 3 wounded after gunmen open fire at Brazil’s largest international airport 11/08/2024 05:07pm • SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian police said that unidentified gunmen in a black car opened fire at Sao Paulo’s International Airport in Guarulhos on Friday afternoon, killing one person and injuring three others. Police identified the fatal victim as Antônio Vinícius Lopes Gritzbach, who had previo 3 dead, including the suspect, after shooting in Pennsylvania apartment and 40-mile police chase 11/08/2024 04:43pm • DUNCANNON, Pa. (AP) — Three people were killed and two others wounded on Friday when a suspect opened fire in an apartment in central Pennsylvania, then led police on a 40-mile high-speed chase through two counties that ended with an exchange of gunfire with state troopers, police said. Troopers s A 14-year-old boy last seen in a kidnap video is among the 11 found dead in southern Mexico 11/08/2024 04:19pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Among the many horrifying videos posted online amid Mexico’s drug cartel violence, few have been as profoundly shocking as that of a 14-year-old boy kidnapped in late October along with about a dozen family members in the country's south. In the video, posted by his captors, NYC man is charged with insurance fraud in staged car crash captured by dashcam 11/08/2024 03:42pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City man has been charged with staging a car accident for insurance fraud purposes last month in a case that received wide publicity after the victim shared dashboard camera footage of the crash, authorities announced Friday. Prosecutors say the 28-year-old Brooklyn man Plea hearing postponed for Colorado funeral home owners accused of letting 190 bodies decay 11/08/2024 03:15pm • DENVER (AP) — A snowstorm forced a Colorado court to postpone a hearing Friday where funeral home owners, accused of piling 190 bodies inside a room-temperature building while giving grieving families fake ashes, were expected to plead guilty. The discovery last year shattered families’ grieving A guide to key figures in Donald Trump's orbit 11/08/2024 02:12pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump will return to the White House accompanied by a crew of longtime friends and aides as well as newfound, splashy allies. The Republican president-elect has barely begun naming key figures in his administration, but he has kept a rotation of associates with him on and A research boat will scan the seabed to help search for those missing in Spain's floods 11/08/2024 11:43am • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — A Spanish research vessel that investigates marine ecosystems has been abruptly diverted from its usual task to take on a new job: Helping in the increasingly desperate search for the missing from Spain’s floods. The 24 crew members aboard the Ramón Margalef were prepari No charges for US Park Police officer who shot, killed teen from back seat of car 11/08/2024 09:07am • A U.S. Park Police officer who shot and killed a 17-year-old from the backseat of a suspected stolen car in Northeast D.C. in March 2023 will not face criminal or civil rights charges, federal prosecutors have announced. In a statement Thursday, the U.S. Attorney's Office said prosecutors, D.C. a Mozambique on edge as army is deployed to help stop post-election protests 11/08/2024 07:44am • MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) — Mozambique has deployed soldiers on the streets to help keep order following weeks of protests against the ruling party that has been accused of rigging last month's election to extend its 49 years in power. Mozambique armed forces spokesperson Gen. Omar Saranga made the Where to find Veterans Day freebies and other deals in the DC area 11/08/2024 05:45am • Veterans Day this year is on Monday, Nov. 11, and many D.C.-area businesses are honoring the holiday with special events as well as discounts, specials and other freebies. Here is a list of Veterans Day deals to consider. Note that some or all of these businesses may require veterans and service China approves $840B plan to refinance local government debt, boost slowing economy 11/08/2024 04:55am • BEIJING (AP) — China on Friday approved a 6 trillion yuan ($839 billion) plan to help local governments refinance their mountains of debt, in the latest push to rev up growth in the world’s second largest economy. The plan will be implemented over the next three years, Xu Hongcai, vice-chairman 132 structures destroyed in Southern California wildfire as fierce winds expected to subside 11/08/2024 01:40am • CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California wildfire has destroyed 132 structures, mostly homes, in less than two days, fire officials said Thursday as raging winds were forecast to ease. The fire started Wednesday morning in Ventura County and has grown to about 32 square miles (83 square kilo